What is CVE-2020-5505?

CVE-2020-5505 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Vaaip Freelancy, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-01-14.

How severe is CVE-2020-5505?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2020-5505 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

RCE in Vaaip Freelancy

CVE-2020-5505

Freelancy v1.0.0 allows remote command execution via the "file":"data:application/x-php;base64 substring (in conjunction with "type":"application/x-php"} to the /api/files/ URI.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.443 (98.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Vaaip Freelancy — versions 1.0.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cvemon

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-5505?: CVE-2020-5505 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Vaaip Freelancy, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-01-14.
How severe is CVE-2020-5505?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-5505 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.